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Air Force, NNSA Perform B61-12 Gravity Bomb Test

Pat Host

Friday, April 14th, 2017

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Air Force, NNSA Perform B61-12 Gravity Bomb Test

An F-16C from Nellis Air Force Base releases a mock nuclear weapon for a March test at Tonopah Test Range. The test is the first in a series planned over the next three years. Photo: James Galli

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) said Thursday it joined with the U.S. Air Force to conduct a non-nuclear flight test of the B61-12 gravity bomb in March.The test, conducted at the Tonopah Test Range in Nevada, was intended to assess the bomb’s non-nuclear functions and the F-16 aircraft’s ability to deliver the weapon to ensure its baseline design would meet military requirements, the NNSA said. It represented the first of several tests to be conducted over the next three…

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